India's rising young batter Tilak Varma who played a pivotal role in the 'Men in Blue's' journey to gold was unable to express the emotions that he went through after their success in the 19th Asian Games.
"I congratulate the players because our overall performance has been good... We have won 5 medals in wrestling and all of them are bronze. One of our players is going to be in the finals which means that a silver is assured... But I think that these bronze medals should have been gold," Brij
The Indian pair defeated South Korea's Solgyu Choi and Wonho Kim 21-18, 21-16 in 57 minutes to become the first-ever Indian badminton pair to win gold at the Asian Games.
Hockey India announced a cash reward of Rs 3 lakh to each player of the Indian women's hockey team following their bronze medal triumph in the Asian Games on Saturday.
Ace shuttler Sukant Kadam won a silver medal in the Singles SL4 category at the recently concluded Western Australia Para-Badminton International tournament.
"We are very proud of all our athletes. They have given a very big message to the country that sports is very important. I would like to congratulate them. Every state should encourage youngsters, we should give them proper training and provide them with financial help," Shivakumar said.
Saurav Ghoshal said that the squad is very proud of what they have achieved at the multi-sport event and added that this will help to build the future of the Indian squash team to the next level in the near future.